Kings Beach, CA (North Lake Tahoe)

stepper77 · #1 Posted: **Jun 15, 2009, 2:47 AM**

My Memorial Day travels, part 1...

Kings Beach, CA (pop 4,037)

Located on the North shore of Lake Tahoe, bordering Nevada.

Great burgers!

Our hotel...not bad for $59 last minute on Memorial Day weekend

Let's take a walk...to Nevada

A flying saucer?

Kerplunk anyone?

Day two, heading to Reno via Mt. Rose

The white building is the CalNeva Resort

North Lake Tahoe -------->

A last shot...

Part two
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Tour of California

1: Los Angeles, 2: Hollywood, Glendale, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, 3: Riverside, Santa Ana, Long Beach, 4: San Jose, 5: San Diego, 6: Fresno, 7: Stockton, Modesto, 8: Gold Country, 9: Eureka, Arcata, 10: Monterey, Carmel, 11: Santa Cruz, 12: Sacramento Pt One, 13: Sacramento Pt Two, 14: Roseville & Folsom, 15: Concord & Walnut Creek, 16: Tri-Valley, 17: Berkeley, Emeryville, 18: Fremont, 19: Santa Clara, Mountain View, Palo Alto, 20: Redwood City, Foster City, San Mateo, 21: Oakland, 22: Benicia, Vallejo, 23: Napa, St. Helena, 24: Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, 25: San Rafael, 26: Larkspur, Mill Valley, 27: Sausalito, Tiburon, 28: Hollister, San Juan Bautista, 29: Long Beach 2008, 30: Venice, 31: Santa Monica, 32: Sacramento Pt 3, 33: Solvang, 34: Alameda, 35: Knights Ferry, 36: California Zephyr, 37: Colfax, 38: Davis, 39: Oakdale, 40: San Francisco Pt 1, San Francisco Pt 2, 41: Chico, Redding

xzmattzx · #2 Posted: **Jun 15, 2009, 3:02 PM**

Excellent thread!

I think it's interesting to see the houses being cominated by trees like in the early pictures. Usually it's the other way around. So many trees makes the place seem downright isolated, rural, and away from society, like a campground.

I've heard about that Cal-Neva resort. Apparently there's an underground tunnel system to allow mob people to enter and leave the building without being seen or caught, back when casinos were run by the mob.

peanut gallery · #3 Posted: **Jun 15, 2009, 4:42 PM**

Bee-utiful. I love circumnavigating the lake and stopping in the various small towns, like King's Beach. They remind me of my childhood summers in Tahoe when life was much simpler.

LAsam · #4 Posted: **Jun 15, 2009, 6:00 PM**

Awesomeness... always enjoy your photo threads. How warm does Lake Tahoe get in the summer?

ady26 · #5 Posted: **Jun 15, 2009, 6:03 PM**

Great natural landscapes, better go there!

LosAngelesSportsFan · #6 Posted: **Jun 15, 2009, 10:22 PM**

I love Tahoe! im usually there in Winter so its odd to see it without snow all over the place.

Surefiresacto · #7 Posted: **Jun 16, 2009, 9:20 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by stepper77

My Memorial Day travels, part 1...

Brito's... good to see that the KFC is gone.
And boy do I love Char-Pit! That is reason enough to go to Tahoe.
I love how Lake Tahoe is full of non-chain eateries.

denveraztec · #8 Posted: **Jun 16, 2009, 9:34 PM**

Beautiful shots and I love the height of those NoCal trees, just awesome. I drove from San Francisco to Portland along HWY 1 and just fell in love with it all. I need to check out Lake Tahoe some time.

ColDayMan · #9 Posted: **Jun 16, 2009, 10:21 PM**

Well done!

stepper77 · #10 Posted: **Jun 18, 2009, 6:16 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Surefiresacto

Brito's... good to see that the KFC is gone.
And boy do I love Char-Pit! That is reason enough to go to Tahoe.
I love how Lake Tahoe is full of non-chain eateries.

The funny thing is after I took this photo we walked further down the street and the other side of the sign IS for KFC. But, the place didn't like it was open or occupied at all, so, I don't really know what it was.

It can get relatively warm in Tahoe in the summer, like 80s-90s, depending. But, it needs to be pretty warm to get in the water. It's one of the coldest lakes I've been in.

peanut gallery · #11 Posted: **Jun 18, 2009, 6:55 PM**

^Although, there are areas where shelves make large shallow areas. These get quite warm. It depends on the beach you go to.

jowens · #12 Posted: **Jun 20, 2009, 2:41 PM**

Simply Beautiful! Flown over it many times, however I need a "land" visit.

Love all the local businesses.

kcexpress69 · #13 Posted: **Jun 20, 2009, 4:31 PM**

Nice work!! Love the scenery, I've never been to Lake Tahoe. I would definately like to go there sometime!!

dktshb · #14 Posted: **Jun 20, 2009, 4:39 PM**

Absolutely Beautiful shots! I much prefer the north side of Lake Tahoe over the south side. Thanks for sharing.

BrianSac · #15 Posted: **Jun 20, 2009, 6:02 PM**

Excellent photos! One of these days I'll bring my camera when I go skiing and do a winter on the slopes sort of thread. If that was the KFC in South Lake Tahoe; I used to work there as a teenager! (Good & Bad memories)